50 Ways to Leave Your Indecision

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50 Ways to Leave Your IndecisionJoe has a problem:needs a way toResearchActionWacky IdeasCreate a "Wheel of Fortune" with your career choices and spin itAssess his skills & focus his passion He doesn't know how to make a career choice. Here are some ideas for Joe:Who can help?Create a survey

Make a list of your favorite choices and prioritizeMake something and try to sell it to strangers on the street during each work-related activity to help Go to guidance office to explore grad school optionsDrag your feet so you don't graduate on time and use that period for other internships & classes to narrow your focus.Write a compelling resume geared specifically toward each of your top three choices- send it outTravel around the world for a year, observing & talking to people in different careersand report on the characters' careers: would you be a good blacksmith, for instance?Make a decision tree for each possible choiceLeave your current internship & apply for a different onePick your three favorite areas and take a course in eachGo to a jobs fairLook at case studies of businessesApply to a different grad school for each area that interests you- go to the one that offers you the most financial aidWrite all your possible choices on slips of paper & have a monkey pick one out of a hatLet your mother or father decide for you"Take yourself to work" day- shadow others in their jobsFind a mentorCareer guidance counselor at your collegeHire a professional career guidance specialistAsk your professor for adviceTalk to alumni: tap into alumni networkAdvice & NetworkingYour family- ask them for advice & benefit from their experiencePay a company to let you work in different positions for a yearInterview strangers on the street about their jobs (not so wacky)Start your own companyRead the Classified ads & pick out the job with the most positions openConsult a psychologist to get at the roots of your indecisionStudy the most-needed occupations related to infrastructure and food production in case things crumbleBecome a "housewife" for a year and learn the following: chauffeur, laundry, childcare, arts & crafts, writing skills, accounting, janitorial, interior design, nursing, telephone/people skills, plumbing, space organizing, automotive care, gardening, home repair, food purchase, prep & storageConsult a psychicStart college all over again and pursue your favorite subject without regard to career choiceand in your dreams ask yourself what you should do; you may already know the answer in the mirror: what do you think you're best at & what do you enjoy the most?Buy a company & run itConsult your spiritual advisorCheck out the stats on what occupations will be most in demand in five or ten yearsJoin the Peace Corps- hone skills & learn a languageEnlist in the militaryBecome a monkRead "What Color is Your Parachute?"Take a career aptitude testJoin Teach for AmericaRun for public officeApprentice in a tradeSign up for Mars missionTalk to your current employerTalk to your sixth grade teacherIf you played a sport in high school, talk to your coach(With a few extras)

Engage in role play with your friendsBecome a child again:Spend one day lying on your back, the next crawling, etc. You will "grow up" in three weeks!Start a lemonade standThis working college senior becauseGo to Las Vegas and put it all on "Red"Read some novels Learn lucid dreaming Keep a journal of your feelingsidentify your true passionInterview yourself until they remind you of a career choiceLook at cloud shapesLaunch a Kickstarter campaign